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Tiền Giang Province

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Country
  
Vietnam

Capital
  
Mỹ Tho

Calling code
  
73

Region
  
Mekong Delta

Time zone
  
ICT (UTC+7)

ISO 3166 code
  
VN-46

Tiền Giang Province

Tiền Giang ( listen) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam.

Contents

Map of Tien Giang, Vietnam

Administrative divisions

Tiền Giang is subdivided into 11 district-level sub-divisions:

  • 8 districts:
  • 2 district-level towns:
  • 1 provincial city:
  • Mỹ Tho (capital)
  • They are further subdivided into 7 commune-level towns (or townlets), 144 communes, and 22 wards.

    Notable people from Tiền Giang

    1. Empress Dowager Từ Dũ (1810–1902), mother of the Nguyễn Dynasty's Emperor Tự Đức
    2. Empress Nam Phương (1914–63), consort of Emperor Bảo Đại, the second and last empress consort of the Nguyễn Dynasty
    3. Nguyễn Hữu Huân (1830–75), a scholar and leader of an anti-French colonialist movement in Cochinchina
    4. Nguyễn Thị Thập (1908–96), Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam (1960–75), and Chairwoman of the Women's Federation of Vietnam (1956–74)
    5. Trương Mỹ Hoa (1945-...), Vice President of Vietnam (2002–07), Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam (1997–2002), Chairwoman of the Women's Federation of Vietnam (1992–98)
    6. Lê Thanh Hải (1950-...), member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City's Communist Party Committee (2006-date)
    7. Viet Khang (1973-), Vietnamese song writer and singer, now arrested and held in captivity by the Vietnamese communist regime, for his patriotic songs that highly criticized the regime and its pro-China stance.

    References

    Tiền Giang Province Wikipedia